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Reviewed by: Stewart
 (Expert)

Review Date
December 25, 2003

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Value Rating
 2 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

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Review 1 of 7

Price Paid:  $4.00 from Ritz Camera

Summary:

I was very disappointed in this film. I frequently do wildlife photography, especially birds and was very disappointed in the results from a recent trip to Costa Rica. The film is very unforgiving of underexposure, leaving a grainy photo with very poor saturation. The Fuji Superia 800 that my partner was using did far better with the same settings, even when pushed to 1600. Bright blue Magpie Jays came out slate gray, with little detail.

Weaknesses:

Poor color quality, excessive graininess.

Similar Products Used:

Almost every other 800 and up film made.

Customer Service:

N/A



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Reviewed by: Innoka Toall
 (Casual)

Review Date
July 15, 2001

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

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Review 2 of 7

Summary:

Developed two rolls of it. I was pleased enough with its combination of speed, tolerable grain size and good sharpness to polarize my film box to Royal Gold 1000 and another 100 film. Use the 1000 in my compact, which suits the cheap optics.
I would note that under the magnifying glass this grain shows blue grain specks very obviously, which gives an unhealthy look of cyanosis in less exposed areas... but the actual physical grain is attractively fine.
This film is a good outcome of speed with sharpness and tonal tolerance, unlike Fuji SHG1600, the old Fuji800 with dubious contrast range, or the weak New Gold 800.

Strengths:

high definition for the speed, some crisp photos!
grain size regular and size unobtrusive

Weaknesses:

does not break the rules of speed to colour contrast and saturation if that's what you insist on
grain blues "precipitate out" under much magnification unfavourably for portraits
quite expensive

Similar Products Used:

Fuji 800, Kodak New Gold 800, Fuji SHG1600, and more....

Customer Service:

N/A



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Reviewed by: Eric Jordan
 (Intermediate)

Review Date
March 30, 2001

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 3 of 5

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Review 3 of 7

Summary:

This is a great film for low lighting like stadiums and auditoriums. The grain is fairly sharp for its speed. It seems more saturated than Fuji Superia 800. I have had some nice looking 8x10's made from this film. I took this film to the 1996 Summer Olympics in my birth place of Atlanta. I took some nice pictures in the Omni and on the streets.

My only complaint is that I have a hard time finding it localy and its price.

Strengths:

High speed. Nice grain.
Saturated.

Weaknesses:

Can be expensive and hard to find.

Similar Products Used:

Kodak Zoom 800
Fuji Superia 800

Customer Service:

Great Web site.



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Reviewed by: JerryDJ.com Strothers
 (Professional)

Review Date
January 8, 2001

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

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Review 4 of 7

Price Paid:  $5.00 from B&H Photo

Summary:

Royal Gold 1000 is always in my case, I never leave home without at least two rolls of the stuff handy. I purchase the 24 exp box which allows me the opportunity to change films and or shoot a 12 shot event. Processing for me takes place at Sam's Club, where they do a great job and actually check out/push or whatever is needed to make the prints good.

You can check out some of my work @ http://www.csuohio.com/Photos

Strengths:

This film is great for meetings and other events where a flash would make you look stupid and or stop the action. Also fantastic for sports and other inside events. I find that this film actually performs better under really bad flourescent lighting. LOL

My local retailer wanted $7 a roll for this film, which was a bit above my budget, however a call to B&H showed that I could get it for $5.29 per roll plus shipping and have it in 2 days or less.

Weaknesses:

Not too great with flash added for some reason, it seems to perfom better in low light.

Similar Products Used:

Fuji 1600 is my other film of choice, however it does not perform as well as the Kodak Royal Gold 1000 does overall.

Customer Service:

Kodak Customer service always gives personal information rather than being stuck in a computer (Press 1 to hear, Press 2 to ....) You get to talk to a real person at Kodak.



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Reviewed by: Jim Ellis
 (Casual)

Review Date
December 31, 2000

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

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Review 5 of 7

Price Paid:  $7.00 from Jack's cameras

Summary:

I used this is my Pentax IQ zoom 115G at Disneyworld at night. The night time parades, the lights at Christmas all turned out simply amazing. No grain. The pictures just jumped off of the paper. The colors were dead on. every picture turned out sharp and clear. I love this film. It's pricey, but worth it. My photo albums look great.

Strengths:

Picture quality. Very smooth for me. Great colors.

Weaknesses:

none

Similar Products Used:

fuji 800

Customer Service:

none used



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